British Inventors
20 entries in the British Inventors compendium.
Anthony BajadaInventor of the press-to-open drink can lid mechanism.Ezekiel BakerMaster gunsmith who designed the Baker rifle.William Barnett (engineer)Early gas engine pioneer and Brighton gas engineer.J. D. BernalIrish scientist who pioneered X-ray crystallography in molecular biology.Theophilus CarterEccentric furniture dealer, possible model for the Mad Hatter.Robert ChannonBritish engineer who invented a portable insulin pump.Toby ChurchillEntrepreneur who invented the Lightwriter communication aid.William Reid ClannyIrish physician who invented a safety lamp for coal mines.William Inglis ClarkScottish chemist, mountaineer, and early colour photographer.Arthur C. ClarkeProphet of the Space Age and co-writer of 2001: A Space Odyssey.Adelaide ClaxtonBritish painter, illustrator, and inventor of ear-caps.Peter CorbyInventor of the electrically heated Corby trouser press.Horace DallEnglish amateur astronomer and optical inventor.Donald DaviesBritish computer scientist who invented packet switching.Robert Davis (inventor)English inventor of the Davis Submerged Escape Apparatus.Charles Anthony DeaneEnglish diving engineer and inventor of the diving helmet.George Edward DeringBritish inventor and eccentric known for telegraphy and a vast book collection.Rick DickinsonBritish industrial designer of pioneering 1980s home computers.Bramah Joseph DiplockEnglish inventor of the pedrail wheel and chaintrack.Peter DurandEnglish merchant who patented the first method for preserving food in tin cans.
Browse British Inventors in the interactive codex →